Foot scraper for automobile running boards



Patented Mar. 30, 192.

MENT COMPANY, .OF CHICAGO.,

pmi-mien mea March e,-1924.= serial matarme. l

To all 'Lo/tomi t may concern: p

Be it known that I, FRANK I-I. STANwooD, a citizen of the United States, residing in VVilmetten thecounty of Cook and State` of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Foot Scrapers for Automobile Running Boards, of which the following vis a specification.

My present invention relates to. a foot has for aprincipal object theprovision of a scraper adapted to be positioned in the body of the running board at a convenient position for use by a person entering` the car. 1

I am awarethat foot scrapers of vvarious Y types have been providedat the edge of automobile running boards vby attachment of a suitabe part to the outer face of said board. These devices, however, have not been very satisfactory in service, due to the inconvenience of use, since they require the user to turn around, or assume an unnatural position in entering the car. An* other disadvantage is that a protruding scraper is likely to be` broken off, or damaged, by being struck by another car, or otherwise. The purpose of -myn invention, therefore, is to provide a foot scraper at a position and of such character that it may be readily used from the natural position of a person entering the'car.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a foot scraper having'the foregoing durable and which will' provide a metal lining and edging for the opening in the running board in which' it is positioned, thus preventing damagev to the board and covering vat this point.

A further object` of the invention is the Vprovision of a running board foot scraper which will be ofpleasing appearance and will add to, rather ythan .detract from the 5 ornamentation ofthe car. I Y

`Numerous other objects andv advantages of the invention will be apparent as Vit is better'understood froml the following `description, the accompanying drawings,`dis`close a preferred embodiment thereof. f Referring tothe drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a running board -.provided with a foot scraper 5 embodying the principles of `my invention,

scraper for automobile running boards andv advantages which will be strong andl which, taken in connection withv i f 1,578,863 UNITED -jsrATEsx-PATENT ortica.

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the portions of thecar to which said vrunning board is attached being partially and diagrammatically shown; y Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial section taken through the scraper longitudinally of the running board; and, i F ig. 3 isY a similar section taken trans-V versely of `the running board. i l

' The running board, 21, whichis secured to the body 22 and fender 23v of the car, may be of any usual character and, in the present instance, is provided with a covering24c and an edging 25. Near the forward end of said running board therev is provided a transversefopemng 26 in which the scraper, now Vto beV described, is posi tioned. v v, a 1 i Said scraper 4comprises a hollow metal member composed of separable parts 27 and A28, said parts being drawn together by means of screws 29 extending upfrom the bottom through` aligned bossesr `3l and 32 in said par-ts 27 and 28. Saidparts are provided, respectively, ywith laterally extending` ,flanges 33 and 34 adapted 5to be clamped against the top and bottom of the running board when the' screws 29 are tightened.v A transverse ridge, or scraper element, 35

Vis provided upon the upper section 27 of the scraper member at the rearv of the opening.

the car maymake use of the scraper while standing on the running board and facing forwardly and withbut slight. change of position. .The dirt will Vfall through the opening provided adjacent the scraper element 35 and the wall of the aperture 26, as well as the edges of the covering 24, are thoroughly protected..V It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoingdescription, and it will be apparent that various changes maybe made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scopeA of the invention,

or sacrificing all ofits material advantages,

It will be evident that a person entering the form -hereinb'efore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

"Iclaim: .f y,

1. A' foot scraper for Vautomobile running boards and the like, coi'nprising'ay two-piece hollow metal member positioned in an open'-v ing in the body of the running board and.

having an upstanding scraper part thereonfrrhaving an upstanding scraper part thereon, 10 the pieces of said member having outwardly the pieces of said member having outwardly extending flanges adapted to engage' respecextending lianges adapted to engage respectively the upper and lower sides of the run tively the upper and lower sides of the run- 5 ning board. Y ning board, and means for v'drawing saidv 2. A foot scraper for automobile running parts together to clamp said flanges against l5 boards and the like, compri'singa two-piecev said running board. hollow `metal member positioned in an openi ing in the body of the running board and i FRANK H. STANl/VOOD. 

